Mechanical engineering is an innovative profession that turns ideas into inventions. The Mechanical Engineering staff work closely with a range of industries, which informs the practical problems used when teaching our degree students. We have close interaction with large companies such as Tata Steel and Ford, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. Across the UK and overseas, there is or has been recent work with companies such as: Astra-Zeneca - British Aerospace - Qinetiq -GKN - Rolls-Royce - SKF - Freeport - One Steel - Barrick Gold. Our Mechanical Engineering graduates go on to have interesting and varied careers after being prepared for their exciting future through their studies. Research within is multidisciplinary in nature, incorporating our strengths in research areas across the Engineering disciplines. Computational mechanics forms the basis for the majority of the MSc by Research projects within this engineering discipline.